Improvement in headstalls for bridles



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

-DALLEGRI ANGELO, OE NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN HEADSTALLS FOR BRIDLES.

Specilication forming part of Letters Patent No. l 53,514, dated July 28, 1874; application filed March 3, 1874.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, DALLEGRI ANGELO, of the city of New York, in the county and State of New York, have invented an Improved Headstall for Bridles; and I hereby declare that the following is a full and clear description of the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawing, in Which- Figure l is a perspective view of my i111- proved headstall, as it appears when completed and ready for use. Fig. 2 is a representation of the same as it appears when stamped or cut out of the hide or piece of leather before being` joined together.

This invention relates to an improved mode of constructing the headstalls of bridles; and consists in making such headstalls so that the different parts need not be sewed or fastened to each other, but are all in one piece, as hereinafter more particularly described.

In making my improved headstall, l take a sheet or piece of leather ofthe proper size and out or stamp therefrom the form shown in Fig. 2, which will be perfectly ilat, after Which the eXtreme top portions of this form. are joined together at a, While a metal bit is attached by the straps b, which are out long enough to pass through the rings of the bit and double back to the buckle c. When the top strap is `joined at a and the bit attached to the lower end of the headstall, the different parts will all assume their proper positions, and need no additional pieces to be seived on.

The straps cl d are cut sufficiently long in the form to answer the purpose of a throat-latch, and a buckle may be placed on the end of one of them.

The straps ff' serve as a means of fastening the lower part of the bridle, and by doubling Vup the straps c c loops are formed so as to support the cheek-line of the bridle.

It Will be perceived from the foregoing description that the headstall is complete when joined at the point a, and by the attachment of the bit Without the addition of any other parts, Which greatly diminishes the labor and time required to make a headstall in the usual manner by sewing the dierent parts together, and also produces a much stronger and better article.

DALLEGRI ANGELO.

Vitnesses:

A. B. MALcOMsoN, Jr., JOHN H. HARRIS. 

